The Ocala Thanksgiving fire of 1883

In a short episode this week of the Florida History Podcast, we discuss the 1883 Ocala Fire which destroyed two luxury hotels and six city blocks. Ocala was a frontier town at the time but was rebuilt and became a key Florida city in the aftermath. 

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